NFL Draft countdown: Focus on Bills' first-round pick at No. 30

Grant had 6.5 sacks in three college seasons and set career marks in tackles (32) and passes defended (five) in 2024. Pro Football Focus ranks Grant as the second-best defensive tackle in this year’s draft and 17th-best prospect overall.

Pairing him with DT Ed Oliver could pay huge dividends for Buffalo, especially if it loses veteran tackles Jordan Phillips and Quinton Jefferson to free agency.

WR Emeka Egbuka | Ohio State

PFF’s John Kosko calls Egbuka “the receiving weapon that quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills have needed to combine with tight end Dalton Kincaid and wide receiver Khalil Shakir.” 

The team took WR Keon Coleman with the 33rd pick in last year’s draft, but he managed just 29 catches for 556 yards and four touchdowns thanks to a wrist injury that cost him four games.

Egbuka had nine catches for 191 yards as a freshman before breaking out with 1,151 yards and 10 scores in 2022. He missed three games with an ankle injury in 2023 but rebounded with a career-high 81 catches for 1,011 yards and 10 touchdowns last season. 

His 205 catches as a Buckeye are the most in school history, leading ESPN’ Mel Kiper Jr. to describe the 6-foot-1, 205-pound receiver as a ready-made option and a “professional who has been playing college football.”

CB Azareye'h Thomas | Florida State

With only four picks in this year’s draft, NFL Network’s Chad Reuter has Minnesota sending pick No. 24 to Buffalo for a pair of fourth-round selections and the Bills using it on Thomas. 

The 6-foot-2, 198-pound cornerback had 95 tackles (64 solo), two interceptions and a forced fumble in three years with the Seminoles. PFF describes Thomas as a constant pre-snap communicator that appears to process the game at a high level, something the team will need if veteran CB Rasul Douglas signs with another team this offseason.